Recommended System for Mesopic Photometry Based on Visual Performance

Tue Oct 5, 2010 3:18 PM EDT

The CIE Recommended System for Mesopic Photometry Based on Visual Performance has now been published. CIE TC1-58 now dissolved. Now there is new a reference standard for the Mesopic viewer and Mesopic lighting conditions.

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safety, science, planning, night, vision, light, standards, lighting, performance, roads

Light May Be Connected to Breast Cancer : NPR

Seeded on Thu Apr 3, 2008 1:00 PM EDT (NPR)

Exposure to light at night increases breast cancer risk. New research from Israel indicates a melatonin connection. Madeleine Brand talks to medical contributor Sydney Spiesel about the findings. Listen to this NPR podcast.

cancer, health, research, light, podcasts, npr, lightatnight, breastcancer, darkskies

Empire State Building car zap mystery

Seeded on Fri Feb 1, 2008 2:52 PM EST (NY Daily News)

In the shadow of the Empire State Building lies an "automotive Bermuda Triangle" - a five-block radius where vehicles mysteriously die. (Perhaps the color changing LED lighting at the top is the problem ; )

technology, car, radio, television, light, lighting, ir, leds, interference, rfi

Light Pollution May Lead To Chronic Insomnia

Seeded on Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:02 PM EST (insomnia.about.com)

Modern lifestyles may lead to increasing sleep deprivation among young & old alike. Many have at least one or more sleepless nights, according to a recent study published in Sleep and Biological Rhythms.

cancer, health, sleep, light, lighting, circadian-rhythms, light-at-night, sleep-deprivation

Irish Screw Up!

Seeded on Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:17 PM EDT (International Herald Tribune)

In Ireland, does it take an electrician to change a light bulb? Hospitals say no. So how many electricians does it take to change a light bulb? Lots, apparently, in an Irish hospital.

ireland, health, light, lighting, bulbs, lamp, electrician

Hormones & Cancer: Assessing the Risks

Seeded on Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:33 PM EST (The New York Times)

When researchers reported recently that a precipitous drop in breast cancer rates might be explained by a corresponding decrease in the use of hormones for menopause, women reacted with shock, anger and, in some cases, profound relief that they had never taken the drugs.

cancer, health, wyeth, breast-cancer, hormones, oncology, progesterone, prempro

End of the Road for Traffic Lights?

Seeded on Thu Nov 9, 2006 7:17 AM EST (Telegraph)

Most traffic lights should be torn up as they make roads less safe, one of Europe's leading road engineers said yesterday.

death, health, traffic, roads, accidents, streets, stoplight, trafficlight, road-death

OLED "Light Bandage" Helps in Treatment of Skin Cancer

Seeded on Thu Nov 2, 2006 8:33 AM EST (LEDs Magazine - LED Technology, Solid State Lighting and other LED Applications)

A portable skin cancer treatment uses an OLED light source to activate a photosensitive drug.

cancer, health, research, led, light, lighting, oled, leds, skin-cancer, light-bandage

Wal-Mart Grows 'Green' Strategies

Seeded on Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:15 PM EDT (USA Today)

The $312.4 billion retailing giant has launched an aggressive program to encourage "sustainability" of the world's fisheries, forests and farmlands, to slash energy use and reduce waste.

business, energy, wal-mart, green, light, lighting, sustainability, leds-led, energysaving

optics.org

Seeded on Tue Jul 4, 2006 8:54 PM EDT (optics.org)

Vehicle exhaust monitoring and fire rescue operations could benefit from an affordable, surface-structured PbSe chip that operates at 25 degC and emits more than 2 mW in the mid-infrared.

business, cars, light, ir, polution, exhaust, mid-infrared

Breast Cancer Update: Light at Night Risk + New Scanner

Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:43 PM EDT

LEDs Target Breast Cancer Tumours: US Scientists have developed the first hand-held optical scanner for early detection of breast cancer. The device, is intended to complement traditional breast screening methods.

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cancer, health, medicine, breast-cancer, light, leds, scanner, lightatnight, early-detection

SMEs Clueless About VoIP

Seeded on Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:22 AM EDT (The Register (UK))

A survey of 500 SME execs found only 1 in 8 firms are using the Internet to make phone calls which helps them save money on telecoms and IT costs.

business, voip, survey, skype, uk, sme

UK Allocates Millions for LED Lighting Projects

Seeded on Tue Apr 4, 2006 2:15 AM EDT (optics.org)

UK Department of Trade & Industry will provide £9 million for collaborative R&D in organic electronics & solid-state lighting.

business, investment, led, light, uk, lighting, leds, r-d, dti

Making Phones Easy To Use

Seeded on Mon Apr 3, 2006 4:26 AM EDT (ZDNet)

Some thoughts on making cell phones easier to use. More design and less engineering needed.

technology, voip, design, cell, cellphones

China Buys Google

Seeded on Sat Apr 1, 2006 2:27 AM EST (The Register (UK))

Today China acquired a controlling stake in Google. 140m Class B shares are now owned by the Chinese Ministry of Information. The news was disclosed in a Captcha graphic on the Google Canteen Menu weblog.

business, us, china, world, take-over, goggle, share-purchase, goggle-os, todays-date, word-domination

Web 2.0 Haiku

Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:39 AM EST

Content delivery

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technology, web-2-0, software, quality, gui, content-delivery, mantra, haiku

Freakonomics: How Many Lives Did Dale Earnhardt Save?

Seeded on Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:35 AM EST (freakonomics.com)

Dubner & Levitt look at the numbers behind NASCAR's crashes & driver deaths. By comparing these to crash & death rates on US highways, they discovered some startling facts.

death, nascar, research, science, roads, highways, freakonomics, driver-saftey

Skype: 6 Million Users Online

Seeded on Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:36 PM EST (zog.typepad.com)

Five million Skype Jan 20, 2006. Four million October 20, 2005. This cycle time is about 90 days. This summer expect 7 million & this time next year 10 million.

technology, business, voip, online, skype, skypejournal

Skype: More Than Just Talk...

Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:11 PM EST

Why Skype? Communications Evolution

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technology, voip, sharing, skype, telephone, collaboration, p2p

Eye-Safe Laser Detects Greenhouse Gases

Seeded on Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:23 AM EST (optics.org)

Remote atmospheric gas sensing & medicine may benefit from development of a new laser. Researchers at INFM Pisa and the Milan Polytechnic, in Italy, have developed an eye-safe laser emitting at 1.93 microns.

research, science, laser, no2, atmospheric-sensing

Singapore $13.55 Billion Boost for R&D

Seeded on Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:58 AM EST (optics.org)

Singapore is chasing R&D high flyers Sweden, Finland and Japan as it kicks off the latest round of its five yearly science and technology spending plan.

business, singapore, investment, r-d

Skype Updates Small Business Account Management

Sat Mar 11, 2006 9:02 AM EST

Skype has upgraded the "Skype Control Panel" service, formerly Skype Groups, with automatic topping up of employee accounts. This is a small start for business services.

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ebay, business, voip, service, skype, skype-out, skype-business-account-management

Nicha Gives Up Rights on LED Patent to Shuji Nakamura

Seeded on Thu Mar 9, 2006 4:19 AM EST (MSN)

Shuji Nakamura wins the patent he made while at Nichia for blue light-emitting diodes. "Japan is treating people as though they're all robots," he told reporters last year. "I'm so lucky I work in the United States.

lawsuit, science, patent, led, blue-led, nichia, shuji-nakamura

Skype Conference Calls: AMD Vs Intel - Solutions Anyone?

Mon Mar 6, 2006 10:11 PM EST

It would seem that the conference call originator needs the greater capacity CPU and that this capacity may always set some sort of limits. Skype call quality is better than any telephone service and Skype certainly is my first telephone of choice.

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technology, voip, intel, software, skype, amd, bill-campbell, skypejournal, maxxuss, skype-conference-calls

Artificial Atoms Amplify Light

Seeded on Sun Mar 5, 2006 7:38 PM EST (optics.org)

A UK-Swiss team describes how it generated laser light without the need for a population inversion in the current issue of Nature Materials. Physicists have found a new way to amplify light that could make lasers more efficient.

science, light, optics, laser, nano, atom, nanocrystal, optical-storage

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